Show me your bangers while I knock up a soup (Soups)

Member Name: Andy2901

Product:	Soups
Date:	21/10/08 (90 review reads)
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Advantages: simple and easy to make

Disadvantages: you need a big pan

In the old days pre 2006 BD (before divorce) we used to have a family tradition of having a Bonfire Night party every year with the in-laws and their kids, (personally I'd have thought halloween was a better night for for the ex and her sisters). The one thing that was served up every year, apart from a load of beer, was this Bonfire Warmer Soup.

This simple and easy recipe will serve 16, so you need a big pan, although with the help of a calculator I'm sure it could be adapted to cater for any number of people from a billy no mates upwards.

The Ingredients.

5 large carrots
5 onions
4 cloves of garlic
3 pounds of potatoes
2 and a half pints of milk
3 pints of chicken stock made with 6 chicken stock cubes
3 teaspoons of hot curry powder
5 tablespoons of wholemeal flour
5 ounces of butter
3 pounds of bacon pieces

If you do what I used to do and buy those cheap packets of bacon offcuts, soak them in boiling water for 10-15 minutes and then rinse them thoroughly or they'll ruin your hard work due to the salty water they've been packed in. Any large pieces, just cut into smaller ones.

The Cooking.

Slice the onions and carrots, crush the garlic and mix with the bacon pieces.
In your pan, melt the butter then add the onion, carrot, garlic and bacon, and saute gently for an hour.
When this has been done, add the curry powder and flour, stirring it in untill it's mixed.
Then add the milk and the stock slowly, stirring all the time.
Cut the potatoes into cubes and add them to the soup.
All you do now is simmer gently untill the potatoes are cooked, and there you are, one Bonfire soup, served in a bowl with a buttered roll.

As with other recipes it can be adapted to suit your own taste, more vegatables or maybe herbs or spices. If you're not giving it to the children, a tablespoon of chili powder and a splash of tabasco sauce will give you an internal bonfire of your own and you'll save money on bangers, you'll be making and letting your own off.

P.S. Me and my daughter have cuppa soups now, it's a lot easier.

Summary: Warms the parts other bonfires can't reach